Grand Slam
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French Open: Hopes for Grand Slam trophy as Rohan Bopanna cruises into mixed doubles finals
Tennis | Jun 07, 2017, 09:34 PM ISTIndia's Rohan Bopanna earned himself an opportunity to become only the fourth Indian to win a Grand Slam trophy by reaching the French Open mixed doubles final with partner Gabriela Dabrowski, here today
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Australian Open 2017: Sania Mirza sets sight on maiden Grand Slam title
Tennis | Jan 28, 2017, 07:28 PM ISTIndian star tennis player Sania Mirza will eye her seventh Grand Slam title when she plays the Australian Open mixed doubles final against her Croatian partner Ivan Dodig on Sunday. If the Indo-Croatian pair manages
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Serena Williams makes history, overtakes Roger Federer for most Slam match wins
Tennis | Sep 06, 2016, 10:14 AM ISTSerena Williams now owns more victories in Grand Slam matches than anyone else in tennis' Open era, surpassing Roger Federer with her 308th.
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Sania-Martina win 13th title, stretch winning run to 40
Tennis | Feb 14, 2016, 11:13 PM ISTSt. Petersburg: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis won the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy here on Sunday and extended their remarkable winning streak to 40 matches in the process.The top
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US Open 2015: Roger Federer tops Gasquet for 38th Grand Slam semifinal
Tennis | Sep 10, 2015, 11:34 AM ISTNew York: Roger Federer has moved into his 38th Grand Slam semifinal and he hasn't dropped a set in this U.S. Open so far. Federer had no trouble beating 12th-seeded Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 in
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Flavia Pennetta rallies to beat Kvitova in 3
Tennis | Sep 09, 2015, 11:57 PM ISTNew York (AP): Flavia Pennetta rallied from down a set and a break to reach her second U.S. Open semifinal in three years.The Italian beat fifth-seeded Petra Kvitova 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 on a steamy afternoon
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US Open 2015: Serena Williams puts aside slow start to reach 3rd round
Tennis | Sep 03, 2015, 03:11 AM ISTNew York (AP): This was, in just about every measurable way, an up-and-down performance by Serena Williams, filled with double-faults 10 in all and two dozen other unforced errors.With her bid for a true
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US Open 2015: Serena Williams faces No. 110 Bertens at US Open in Slam pursuit
Tennis | Sep 02, 2015, 07:15 AM ISTNew York (AP): Serena Williams swung through her service motion with no ball to hit. Waiting for her injured opponent to return to the court Monday night, Williams climbed out of her chair to
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Rafael Nadal cruises past Pablo Cuevas to reach Hamburg semi finals
Tennis | Aug 01, 2015, 05:34 PM ISTHamburg: Spanish tennis top seed Rafael Nadal has booked a spot in the semi-finals of the bet-at-home Open here with a comfortable 6-3, 6-2 victory over Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas.A day after struggling at this clay court
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Indian women not encouraged to indulge in sports: Saina Nehwal
Other Sports | Jul 17, 2015, 12:41 PM ISTNew Delhi: Sania Mirza's latest Grand Slam triumph at Wimbledon is a testament to what Indian women are capable of achieving, but there is a long way to go before change sets in for most
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Leander Paes, Martina Hingis win Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title
Tennis | Jul 13, 2015, 12:27 PM ISTLondon: A vintage Leander Paes clinched his 16th Grand Slam trophy, winning the mixed doubles event of the Wimbledon Championship with legendary Martina Hingis after a dominating win over Alexander Peya and Timea Babos, here
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India's Sumit Nagal wins junior boys doubles Wimbledon title
Tennis | Jul 12, 2015, 10:52 PM ISTLondon: Youngster Sumit Nagal entered the history books as only sixth Indian to win a Grand Slam junior title after winning the boys doubles trophy at the Wimbledon championships with partner Nam Hoang Ly, here
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Nitish Kumar congratulates Sania Mirza on winning Wimbledon doubles title
Tennis | Jul 12, 2015, 04:30 PM ISTPatna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today congratulated Indian tennis star Sania Mirza on winning the Wimbledon doubles title in partnership with Switzerland's Martina Hingis yesterday."Sania has made the people of India proud by winning the
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Telangana CM congratulates Sania Mirza
Tennis | Jul 12, 2015, 04:00 PM ISTHyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday congratulated Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza on winning her maiden women's doubles title at a Grand Slam event.The Hyderabadi clinched the Wimbledon crown pairing with Swiss
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Bopanna-Mergea enter second round at Wimbledon
Tennis | Jun 29, 2015, 11:44 PM ISTWimbledon: The Indian-Romanian tennis pair of Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea earned a straight sets victory in the men's doubles first round to enter the second round of the Wimbledon Championship on the grass courts
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Rafael Nadal beats Troicki to win grass-court Mercedes Cup
Tennis | Jun 14, 2015, 09:09 PM ISTStuttgart, Germany (AP): Rafael Nadal defeated Viktor Troicki 7-6 (3), 6-3 Sunday to win the Mercedes Cup for the third time and claim his first title on grass since Wimbledon in 2010.The top-seeded Spaniard,
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Serena Williams beats Safarova in 3 sets at French for 20th major
Tennis | Jun 06, 2015, 09:40 PM ISTParis: Overcoming a mid-match lull and a third-set deficit, Serena Williams won her third French Open title and 20th major singles trophy by beating 13th-seeded Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-2
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Roger Federer wins Istanbul Open in straight sets
Tennis | May 04, 2015, 05:22 PM ISTISTANBUL (AP): Top-seeded Roger Federer claimed his 85th title Sunday with a 6-3, 7-6 (11) win over Pablo Cuevas in the final of the Istanbul Open.The 17-time Grand Slam winner fended off strong resistance
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South African judge convicts retired tennis player Bob Hewitt of rape
Tennis | Mar 23, 2015, 08:55 PM ISTJohannesburg: Bob Hewitt, a former Grand Slam doubles tennis champion, was on Monday convicted in a South African court of rape and sexual assault decades after the alleged assaults.Judge Bert Bam said he is satisfied
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Djokovic insists he is close to winning elusive French Open
Tennis | Dec 09, 2014, 07:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: World number one Novak Djokovic insists he is close to winning the French Open, the only trophy missing from his Grand Slam cabinet, even though he has a minor problem and his name